Computers & Programming Homework 7: Historical PowerPoint Creation - Prof. Robert Goldstei, Assignments of Computer Science

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Division of Professional and Continuing Studies

COMP112 Section 71 – Introduction to Computers and Programming - Fall, 2008

Homework 7 – PowerPoint

Instructor: Bob Goldstein (617) 912-2512

bobg@vision.eri.harvard.edu

robert.goldstein@schepens.harvard.edu

http://home.comcast.net/~goldsteinr/Courses/index.html

http://goldstein.eri.harvard.edu/courses/index.html

This is based on exercise “Be Creative” from Grauer:

1. One interesting way of exploring the potential of presentation graphics is to imagine it

might have been used by historical figures had it been available. Choose any historical

figure or current personality and create at least a six-slide presentation. You could, for

example, show how Columbus might have used PowerPoint to request funding from Queen

Isabella, or how Elvis Presley might have pleaded for his first recording contract. The

content of your presentation should be reasonable, but you don’t have to spend an

inordinate amount of time on research. Just be creative and use your imagination. Use clip

art as appropriate, but don’t overdo it. Place your name on the title slide as a technical

advisor.